Johnny Pate
| Johnny Pate | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John William Pate |
| Born |
December 5, 1923 Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, Chicago soul, pop, funk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1950s–1980s |
| Labels | MGM Verve, ABC-Paramount |
| Associated acts | Monty Alexander , Kenny Burrell, Stan Getz, Shirley Horn, Wes Montgomery, James Moody, Jimmy Smith, Phil Woods |
| Website | www |
John William "Johnny" Pate (born December 5, 1923, Chicago Heights, Illinois) is a former jazz bassist who became a producer, arranger, and leading figure in Chicago soul, pop, and rhythm and blues.
He learned piano and tuba as a child and later picked up the bass guitar. He learned arranging while serving in the United States Army.
Following stints with Coleridge Davis and Stuff Smith in the 1940s, in 1951 Pate was recording on Chess Records with Eddie South and his Orchestra, credited on bass and arrangements. This was also the first of a series of Chess recordings on which Pate collaborated with saxophonist Eddie Johnson. In the 1950s he was also a resident arranger for Red Saunders's house band at the Club DeLisa.
Johnny Pate's trio recorded for a number of Chicago labels, including Gig and Talisman. For the Cincinnati-based Federal Records, the Johnny Pate Quintet had a hit with "Swinging Shepherd Blues", which reached No. 17 on the Billboard R&B chart in spring 1958.
One of the last albums on which Pate played bass was James Moody's 1958 album Last Train from Overbrook, on the Chess subsidiary, Argo Records.
Pate produced and did the arrangements for B.B. King's album Live at the Regal in November 1964. Pate was also the arranger and conductor for Wes Montgomery's album Movin' Wes, released in 1965 and re-released in 1981. He was the arranger and conductor for Lu Elliott's Sings Way Out From Down Under 1967 ABC album.
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